I installed Portabase and the qt-3.3.8.pet package, this time in a version of a Puppy 3.01 which is an original 3.01 (and not a downgrade from 4.0 with the wrong pup_save file as I did earlier). So this time, both packages downloaded and installed fine. Although STILL, after first installing qt-3.3.8.pet and then Portabase, at the end of the Portabase install it says there is a missing dependency: libqt-mt.so.3. And although Portabase is listed under Menu-> Personal, but it will not open. No sign of life. I thought the only dependency for Portabase, was fulfilled by installing qt-3.3.8.pet ? And this other package (libqt-mt.so.3) is not found in Package Manger. What should I do now?

Someone else reported that, when they installed qt-3.3.8, libqt-mt.so.3 was missing, but after they re-installed it, (or maybe they rebooted?), it was OK. I just checked my qt-3.3.8, and libqt-mt.so.3 definitely in in the right location.

After reading your post as well as the one above, I have rebooted into Puppy, and found that Portabase is now working just fine. Yeh! And upon doing the terminal command requested, I do indeed get the output above shown. --Guess it just needed a fresh reboot. Thank you.

I am trying to import from Kexi (in Ubuntu) into Portabase (in Puppy). To that end, I exported from Kexi into a csv file, and then converted the csv into an xml file using this application: http://csv2xml.sourceforge.net/, which I have installed in Puppy. I opened Portabase and executed the import of the xml, but am getting this error message:

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Error at: Line 1, Column 5
unknown element: row

I know there are various xml formats. Could it be that the xml format which the csv2xml application creates, is not acceptable to the Portabase import tool? If anyone familiar with xml file formats could take a look at this page which explains Portabase's xml format:
http://portabase.sourceforge.net/portabase_xml.html, and let me know if you think the csv2xml converter would create files consistent with that format, this would be a big help.

I wrote to the Portabase creator, Jeremy Bowman, about the above question. Here below is his reply. I think it answers the matter quite clearly:

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PortaBase uses its own XML format, which is documented at http://portabase.sourceforge.net/portabase_xml.html. It also imports CSV files, so you shouldn't have to use csv2xml at all (although there are variations in how different applications define CSV, so you still might need to tweak things a little). Importing CSV does require you to first create the PortaBase file you want to import the data into and define appropriate columns...this is probably less work than trying to write an XSLT file or such to convert the XML syntax you have into something that PortaBase would understand, though.

Someone else reported that, when they installed qt-3.3.8, libqt-mt.so.3 was missing, but after they re-installed it, (or maybe they rebooted?), it was OK. I just checked my qt-3.3.8, and libqt-mt.so.3 definitely in in the right location.

If you enter ls /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt* , what response do you get?

I got the listing of files as stated, but when I tried to run Portabase I got the message "/lib/libpthread.so.0: version 'GLIBC.2.3.3' not found (required by usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3)."

This much I can say-- Portabase rocks. My guess is that for 90% of Puppy users wanting a DB, Portabase will meet their needs. It's easy to use, tiny sized, stable, and fast as lightning.

All you have to do is create or import your table. Portabase automatically supplies data entry forms and all commonly needed functions. I find that many of the commonly needed tasks are more easily done in Portabase than in Kexi even. --And Kexi is great. But for example, if you want to alter the structure of a table after it has been made and populated with data, it is a piece of cake in Portabase. Need to add a column? Need to rearrange the order of columns in the table? With Portabase, these tasks are incredibly simple and fast. In Kexi these are not part of routine operations and there are no out of the box commands for them. And in OO Base, such tasks are a mere dream-- or perhaps more aptly termed for those who have attempted it, a nightmare. Portabase turns the common, daily DB needs of general users into a simple pleasure. It is highly recommended.

This much I can say-- Portabase rocks. My guess is that for 90% of Puppy users wanting a DB, Portabase will meet their needs. It's easy to use, tiny sized, stable, and fast as lightning.

Yep. It has my vote as a standard include in Puppy, although BarryK might object since it also means including Qt-3.3.8 or similar. Pity really. Between Abiword, Gnumeric and Portabase Puppy standard has a complete and functional suite of office apps. Maybe chihuahua (3.10CE standard ed.) is the place it belongs.

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